>Resent-Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 10:52:48 -0700 (PDT) >From: [email protected] > >In a message dated 5/23/00 8:07:48 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: > ><< I am supposed to be part Irish..but > do I > need to have a card to prove this too? NO!!! A person that is in tune with > THEMSELVES know who they ARE. This takes no approval from ANYONE. > I have heard so much of this CARD..I have just turned down the opportunity > of having a CARD, because I don't need the CARD to tell me who I AM. > Creator knows who I am this is enough proof for me. > Skydancer >> > > >I think this is a great attitude but are you are part of a community? Some >people not only need to be recognized by their kin but also to be a part of a >community and and recognized by them as being Indian. You can see what has >happened in when our ancestors turned down their opportunity and the problem >it has cause for their descendants, the descendants who now have that >spiritual awakening and can once again be proud of who they. > >Just my observation. > >Carol Jean >